| Show I THE CTY ON TEE HILL1IntC i A Big Consignment of Ordnance i Stones From Duchesne I i WILL THE SIXTEENTH GO EAST a Tlie Concert This Afternoon The Hauclngof Captain Jack rersonal and Other Points From the Fort Subscribe for THE HERALD post news twice n eek Thanks Three now subscribers since last report The weather remains unpleasant with a ten tlency to rain at times Sergeant Richard Barwls company H Sixteenth i Six-teenth infantrr returned on the 14th inst Frank H McGaffln Company G Slxteenthfin gantry has received a two months furlough Major Parke Sixteenth infantry commanded the battalion on parade during the past week Everybody Invited to the openair concert by the regimental band this afternoon at 5 oclock Private Frederick Jones company D Twenty Jlrst Infantry arrived here from Omaha on the 14th inst The printing office at headquarters is closed Wo doubt a good job man would be welcomed to take charge Very nearly entire G company Sixteenth infantry gantry attended the funeral of Hanks Lawrence ton last Monday The battalion drill on Friday afternoon was participated in by the entire garrison under xxjmmariU of LieutenantColonel Penrose The concert te hop given by the officers of the garrison Friday evening last was quite a vecliirche affair and enjoyed by those present Thomas Holden of company H Twentyfirst infantry had just one month of three years service S ser-vice 10 he paid 55 and secured h discharge First Sergeant Frederick Stearns Company C Sixteenth infantry has been granted a six months furlough His company i stationed at 3Tort Duchesne i Joseph Manning late of I company Sixteenth L I infantry has been granted a four months fu S Jough and will we understand reside for that period in Sat Lake city The medals received by Sergeant Davis company com-pany B Sixteenth infantry for his magnificent hooting on the department division and army teams represent just S280 i cash value Sergeant Graf and his assistants are busy cleaning out ditches and otherwise preparing for L the coming ice season We have two ponds ton which furnish sufficient ice for the entire garri fconPrivate Private George McQueen company Twenty Jlrst infantry who recently had the misfortune I to have a leg broken is still under medical r treatment in post hospital He i improving lowly Long and arduous service coupled with acute rheumatic troubles has badly disabled faithful Old Shop the dog of twenty years ofarmy life He 1 tenderly cared for and sleeps at the < guard house The Sixteenth and Twentyfirst can now organize or-ganize a canine and feline trust At least fifty Bogs can be mustered as a starter whilst cats way up in high scaled nocturnal music abound in countless n countess numbers The new companies are fixing up the interior of their quarters and when shelves bunks and lockers are arranged as designed their sleeping apartments will present as tidy an appearance es i presided over by an oldtime housewife The rash of business I the sergeant majors office continues and the clerical force is taxed considerably The clerks I this office are good penmen accurate and speedy in their work and the adjutant i to be congratulated on his selections Prof Spidell tells us that school for such enlisted en-listed men as may b designated by their company com-pany commander to attend will begin on November 1 and continue daily for six months the hours of attendance being from 2 to 4 each afternoon Sergeant Nicolas Wolf late of I has been assigned t company F Sixteenth infantry and l shortly leave for Fort Duchesne Ho i a genial noncommissioned officer and a boon companion Wo sincerely regret his leaving us but sich i army life rget leav The acting secretary of war has decided that noncommissioned officers of companies I and K be reenlisted and warrants continued Of course this will apply only t those whose term of office expires before a should orc exires vacancy occur i the regiment t which they are to be as The signal class drill every morning on the upper parade ground The boys are becoming adept with the fag and can talk with ease with them In time of war the members of this corps are mounted and of course much depends on b their messages accuracy in dispatching and receiving Among the boys from Bridger are we arc told a splendid ball team We are glad to tld Ttey brought their green diamond furniture geen with them and the coming season will no doubta witness a series of match games between the crack nines of the Sixteenth and Twentyfirst tegiments of infantry Twentyft Color and Provost Sergeant John Greely is making a strong effort to put the drives of the garrison in repair The rains have played havoc with the roads near the corral and quar lermaster storehouses and the energetic pro vest i hoping for a dry spell to enable him to fill the ruts and low places with gravel hi All the available quarters in the post are now occupied and had we one more company the post canteen would have to move but in that tat event the battery gun shed would we think be most desirable There was talk of the shed being fittei up as a gymnasium and as such would indeed be a favorite resort for the menThe men-The Fort Douglas minstrel troupe under them the-m re infantry or Sergeant will give i Evans a performance company on G the 30th inst The troupe has received valuable valu-able acquisitions from the new troops and the i show promises to be something out or the or fllnary We bespeak for the boys much success The newly organized militia company down town are t be congratulated on securing the valuable services of Lieutenant John C Gregg Sixteenth infantry This affable officer will make the new organization A No 1 in their soldier duties and u a capable instructor and well versed tactician in affairs military ranks high in the regular army Quite a cons mment of ordnance stores was ordanoe received from Fort Bridger a few stres ago It consisted of all the paraphernalia used on I pet ranges The stuff was neatly placed away tr plBCe In that interesting building presided over by Ordnance Sergeant Lange where rests small arms accoutrements howitzers snl other curious but destructive implements of modern make Our aim is to furnish legitimate news items feomething of interest legtiate iems civilian and whilst we thank our many sub scribers for their hearty approval of our writ ings we Incidentally add that it i our writ make our column in TIE HERALD full worthy Df tho soldiers patronage and to that end policit their names as subscribers Remember the price Dally 81 per month or six months S3 r Sunday S2EO per year Now is the time to sub I tIc Ecribe EcribeWill scrbeTi the Sixteenth Ti infantry co to Fort 1 Omaha is now on many lips and from private frm Bdvices we learn that it 1 rumored in Omaha hat we will relieve the Second hat wi releve infantry now Stationed at department headquarters It may be good news t many in Salt Lake to know that Such rumor exists yet Fritz does not take much stock in gossip though there may be a Spark of truth about i Yet of ono thing we fcro assured the regiment i good for this post until next spring anyhow From the Fort Leavenworth item in the Kansas City Times of tue 11th iast we copy the following which showswhat can be done on CO rents or where theres theres a will theres t Kay En route to this point Private Martin sompany A Tenth Infantry was left behind at Vakeeny by accident He walked the entire waled Sistance about three hundred miles having but L J5 cents when he started and 15 cents when he Irrived nnd reported t his company pommander He claims to have main tained himself entirely on apples along the road asking no one for food of any kind The open air concert on this Sunday after soon will be worth listening t The musicians sill occupy the band stand facing the unper barade ground at 5 oclock sharp The pro rrammels a good one and the arias rendered mdcr the personal supervision of that well tnown composer of martial music Prof Feus + sell will please the most pronounced connois Geurv These concerts are free to all and I tho weather permits are a regular fixture Those interested in the army should visit us on Sun day afternoons when all is quiet and the soldier at home can be seen t a good advantage I The Kansas City Tuna has a large list of r names almost daily of soldiers who have taken advantage of general orders No 6 and who will try their hand in civil life Whilst the opportunities I opportu-nities to be discharged are tow more numerous and fithin easy reach of the soldier the retea I tloa of fi per month for first year from each re chits pay is not much ot an incentive t enlist Take a recruit now his pay in two months Is 2575 S8 for that time i retained his laundry and barber bill i 4 leaving his SI375 or S58S per month out of which ho pays his tailor node if b nod-e smokes or chews he has little or none lefts Thi left-s 1 per month he gets when properly discharged dis charged From the Ogden department of THE HERALD tf date IHh inst we note an error The correspondent cor-respondent says C ptlan B A Byrnes Slx Byes tenth artillery passed throug the junction city with twentynine men of the Fifth artillery > from Columbus Barracks Ohio enroute to Sn Francisco There are five 5 regiments of artillery in the army the Fifth being stationed r In California where it releived the First last May The men were recruits from I recruiting rendezvous of Columbus Ohio and were under command of First Lieutenant B A Byrnes Sixth infantry and designed for the Fifth artilley at the pre sldo of San Francisco Lieutenant Byrnes was with the Sixth infantry at Fort Douglas and i well known in Salt Lake Whist in conversation with an old timer in the service who has seen twenty years in one regiment and company we heard an amusing regent incident in re the hanging of Captain Jack of dec fame at Fort Klamath in the spring of 1872 I seems that the old post chaplain had been offering Jack spiritual consolation and the day prior to the hanging the man of God told Jack that he was goini to a better place where all the comforts of this life would be but D fleeting shadow etc when Jack with butS characteristic astuteness for which he was noted repliedYou say me go good place bet ter place than this well me give yOu two hun dred ponies you go me stay This logical mode of reply caused the good man t suddenly rea lize that Jacks business proclivities were to I follow him to the Stygian shores so he left the Stygan stole savage to ponder and reflect in solitude General orders No 120 current series A G 0 tell us that 6 men compose a company of infantry 8 companies noncommissioned stafl I staf and regimental noncommis3lpned officers 5 4S5 men to regiment Sixty men to a troop of cav airylO troopsnoncommissioned staff anc I regimental noncommissioned officers 569 I men to regiment Twelve batteries to regiment of artillery ten heavy and two light heavy batteries GO men each and with noncommissioned noncommis-sioned tau etc five o eIA h battery it I men each Total regiment 735 Recapitulating Recapitulat-ing we find 2 regiments of infantry 121 5 1 ol caValry 0050 5 of artillery 3675 making a total for line of the army 21850 Engineer battallion I 5 ordnance department 53 West Poin detachment and Military academy band 234 prison guard at Fort Leavenworth lie ordnance I ord-nance sergeants r commissary sergeants t 120 post quartermaster sergeants 8 depot detachments 315 Indian scouts 476 recruits and depots 78 Grand total 25010 authorized enlistment 25000 men We doubt I the number 1 num-ber in line will reach 19000 yet i the companies i be full the number would be 21830 The companies com-panies of the Sixteenth as a rule are recruited to their full strength but not so with many regiments in the service 1 Oct 18 FRITZ |
